Wednesday, January 21, 2009

SALT WATER FOR MOUTH PROBLEMS?

A wive's tale says to use warm salt water for sore spots in one's mouth or throat. This is supposed to help with bad breath, drain any infection and numb pain.

My trials on this have been successfull to some degree. My son, husband and I have tried this for gum or tooth pain. The pain did subside some. As far as bad breath and draining infection I can not draw any conclusions as I am not medically inclined.

Our whole family has tried the warm salt water gargling for sore throat. The results were spotty. 2 of 6 of us in the house had good results and continue to use it. I suppose this along with so many other wive's tales is subjective to pain levels and other personal prefrances.

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